Programming help with appliance linc.

[ingeborgdot]

I have a theater that has a side curtain that closes with an appliancelinc. I am trying to find a way to program the lights to go off when I shut the curtain and turn on when I open the curtain. The problem is as you all know you have to set it to off before you can turn it back on. Has anyone come up with a program that would work? I am not smart enough to do it.

[fitzpatri8]

What controller or interface button are you pressing to close the window and start the projector?

[ingeborgdot]

I am using a remotelinc to open the curtain but I use a harmony remote to turn on the pj. I don't care if it does anything with the pj because that is not how I want it to go. I am trying to get my lights to work with my curtain because when I close them it usually means the show is starting.

[fitzpatri8]

So which controller button are you using to close the curtain, the same RemoteLinc scene On button?

[ingeborgdot]

I use button one to control the theater lights that I want on before the movie and to come on after the movie is over. I use button 6 open and close the curtain.

[fitzpatri8]

So you'd create a scene with the remote button 6 as controller and the curtain module and the lights both as responders. Click on the scene and change the On level of the lamps to 0.

[ingeborgdot]

I guess it would but if they are out of sync with one another it would turn off the lights when I want them on etc because it does not know if the lights are on or off.

[fitzpatri8]

How does the ApplianceLinc open and close the curtain?

[ingeborgdot]

I have a curtain closing device plugged into an appliancelinc. When the closer gets the power it opens until its stopping point and the same when it closes.

[fitzpatri8]

You turn on the ApplianceLinc, that provides power to the closer, then the closer automatically shuts off a few seconds later?

 

Then you could do this:

 

Remove the RemoteLinc as controller of the previously mentioned scene.

 

Create a program like this:

 

If
       Control 'RemoteLinc Button 6' is switched On
   And Control 'RemoteLinc Button 6' is not switched Off

Then
       Set 'Curtain ApplianceLinc' On
       Set Scene 'Theater Lights' Off
       Wait 10 Seconds
       Set 'Curtain ApplianceLinc' Off

Else
       Set 'Curtain ApplianceLinc' On
       Set Scene 'Theater Lights' On
       Wait 10 Seconds
       Set 'Curtain ApplianceLinc' Off

 

Then you'll press RemoteLinc Button 6 ON to start the show and Button 6 OFF when finished to open the curtains and turn the lights back on.